Live-Action ‘The Lion King’ to Star Gay Icon and A-List Gay

Disney is pulling out all the stops after their wildly successful live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, and by all the stops we mean Beyonce! The studio released a tweet showing off the extremely talented and diverse cast of the upcoming of film that is expected to hit theaters in 2019.

While Beyonce’s role as Nala is making all the headlines, we’re also excited that the cast includes openly gay Billy Eichner who is going to make an excellent Timon.